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county, and are to be found in the streams, lakes, and ponds of 
the region about New York City and on Long Island. A little 
preliminary personal effort in fish-catching and transporting on 
the part of the pond owner, will help to increase his interest and 
knowledge, and thus increase the chances of the pond getting 
some necessary attention later on. 
Fishes already acclimatized are safer for stocking than those 
brought from distant points in the north or south. In transporting 
fishes all necessary changes in temperature should be made gradu- 
ally. Changing to a lower temperature is safer than to a higher. 
State fish commissioners are usually able to inform corre- 
spondents where desirable kinds of pond-fishes occur in each state. 
In applying to the Fisheries Bureau at Washington for fishes, 
it is necessary to send full information respecting the extent, 
depth, summer temperature, etc., of the waters to be stocked, and 
to do the same through local representatives in Congress. Fishes 
will not be sent at once to a single applicant, but only after enough 
applications have been filed to warrant large shipments to each 
state. Long delays are therefore liable to happen. 
It is possible to procure the fry of bass and some other species 
from dealers. If they can not be purchased it will be necessary 
to procure them from the nearest lake or stream, which can be 
